Wideband erbium doped fiber amplifier capable of minimizing band crosstalk

摘要

The inventive fiber amplifier comprises: (a) a first Er-doped fiber provided with a first light-pumping source via a first pump combiner to amplify input optical signals; (b) a second Er-doped fiber provided with a second light-pumping source via a second pump combiner to amplify input L-band optical signals; (c) a C/L splitter provided in the downstream of the first Er-doped fiber for splitting the optical signals into C- and L-bands, respectively, during passage through the C/L splitter; (d) a reflector for transmitting the L-band optical signals split in the C/L splitter toward the second Er-doped fiber and reflecting the transmitted L-band optical signals to flow back toward the second Er-doped fiber; (e) a circulator for introducing the L-band optical signals which are amplified after backward flow from the reflector toward another direction and preventing the backward flow of ASE generated during amplification toward the first Er-doped fiber; and, (f) a C/L combiner for combining the C-band optical signals split in the C/L splitter and the L-band optical signals introduced from the circulator.